THANKSGIVING

ON OCTOBER 3, 1789, PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON PROCLAIMED A NATIONAL DAY OF THANKSGIVING: WHICH WE NEED TO REMEMBER WITH REVERANCE:


WHEREAS IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL NATIONS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROVIDENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD, TO OBEY HIS WILL, TO BE GRATEFUL FOR HIS BENEFITS, AND TO HUMBLY IMPLORE HIS PROTECTION AND FAVOR . . .
NOW, THEREFORE, I DO RECOMMEND AND ASSIGN THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBNER NEXT, TO BE DEVOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED STATES . . .
THAT WE MAY THEN ALL UNITE UNTO HIM OUR SINCERE AND HUMBLE THANKS FOR HIS KIND CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY PREVIOUS THEIR BECOMING A NATION; FOR THE SIGNAL AND MANIFOLD MERCIES AND THE FAVORABLE INTERPOSITIONS OF HIS PROVIDENCE IN THE COURSE AND CONCLUSION OF THE LATE WAR;
FOR THE GREAT DEGREE OF TRANQUILITY, UNION, AND PLENTY WHICH WE HAVE SINCE ENJOYED; FOR THE PEACEABLE AND RATIONAL MANNER IN WHICH WE HAVE BEEN ENABLED TO ESTABLISH CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT FOR OUR SAFETY AND HAPPINESS, AND PARTICULARLY THE NATIONAL ONE NOW LATELY INSTITUTED; FOR THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WITH WHICH WE ARE BLESSED . . . .
AND ALSO THAT WE MAY THEN UNITE IN MOST HUMBLY OFFERING OUR PRAYERS AND SUPPLICATIONS TO THE GREAT LORD AND RULER OF NATIONS, AND BESEECH HIM TO PARDON OUR NATIONAL AND OTHER TRANSGRESSION . . . TO PROMOTE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF THE TRUE RELIGION AND VIRTUE

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